MEDICAL INFORMATICS & TELEMEDICINE

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This course will expose the student to the fields of telemedicine and medical informatics. Topics include telemedicine technologies, telemedicine consultations, the importance of internet in telemedicine, mobile technology, healthcare data storage, healthcare data analytics, electronic health records and health information exchange, medical coding, health information privacy and security, and ethics in health informatics. Prerequisites: COMP1000 and BMED2500 (4 credits)